During the course of this week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that Russia decided to send 30,000 tons of grain to Kenya after securing the Black Sea grain deal with Ukraine, and has been supported by the government. Turkish and the United Nations (UN) extended for two months.
Russia undertook to send this shipment to the African continent as a measure to prevent the waste of the Russian grain crop, a proposal that Vladimir Putin had made during a conference for trade agreements with several African countries. “As far as Kenya is concerned, literally in a matter of days a cargo of 30,000 tons of fertilizers will arrive at the port of Mombasa,” Lavrov said from Kenya, where he held several meetings.
Now, the Kiev government assures that the Russian side on Thursday vetoed inspections of all ships heading to Ukrainian ports to load grain, thus preventing entry to the Black Sea. The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine stated that this action by the Moscow authorities has been stopped again.
Ukraine has denounced many times that Russia intends to torpedo the Black Sea Agreement, therefore, as a consequence of the irregular events that, according to the agreement, more than 50 ships remain in their ports waiting to be inspected to enter the Black Sea in territorial waters. Turks. These ships plan to export 2.4 million tons of agricultural products.
Recently, with the Russian donation to Kenya, the Moscow authorities stated that it was a response to the recent statements by the Kremlin in which they affirm that the refusal of the European Union to restore the connection of the Rosseljozbank bank to the SWIFT system of Europe puts in question doubts the continuity of the Black Sea Agreement.
The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, warned last week that in the face of the rejection of the European Union, Peskov indicated that the efforts of the UN and its secretary general, António Guterres, clash with the unconstructive position of some Westerners.
With information from EFE
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